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Light & Hope
A story of sharing Light & Hope with an International Student.
Silver Linings
Moving a course with a global footprint and a 20+ year track record from a face-to-face delivery model to an online one would normally be a considered, careful experiment, filled with caution, eval...
Port Chaplains Adapt to COVID-19 Pandemic
The Chaplain Ministry for seafarers has had to change & adapt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bill shares some of the challenges, and some of the joys of ministering to the seafarers during this ...
Gnosticism vs. the Gospel of Incarnation
Gnosticism, both historically and presently, offers a starkly alternative religion to Christianity and a constant temptation that appeals to the individual ego. It offers a religion “under our cont...
Entering Well for MKs & TCKs - Transition Part II
Ask adult TCKs about the most challenging transition of their lives, and they'll most likely say, "College" or University.
It's not surprising, really. Where most young people enter...
What is The Church when it is not Meeting Publicly?
What does the church look like when no one is attending? Do we identify the church by the location, facility, staff, programs, and services? If our understanding of the church is tied to thes...
Sy Garte - UBC GFCF Lecture
For the benefit of you and your friends and family, here is the Sy Garte lecture from Thursday, October 1 put on by the UBC Graduate & Faculty Christian Forum, also sponsered in part by th...
Quebec: Presenting the Gospel to the Québécois
How to present the gospel to the Québécois without unnecessary religious trappings that can hide the beauty and the winsomeness of the love of God revealed in Christ.
Fleshing out Two Principles for Making Disciples
How do disciple-makers model themselves after Jesus, and how do disciples identify with the first disciples? Here are four ways we can learn from Jesus and the Twelve for making disc...
Building Capacity in Burundi
Barry Whatley descibes a capacity building project for Christian development practitioners in the african nation of Burundi, which will
provide training, practical research, and regu...
Singing and Living in Harmony
Harmony and unity are costly, yet very worthwhile. It is SO worth it. In the long run we accomplish more together than when we get our own way and serve our own agenda.
Kairos Online Courses - Fall 2020
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